IP Library Granted Patent US 6,538,857
Granted Patent Utility
US 6,538,857 · App. 09/662,247

Read head with N-cycle switch for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection

Inventors: Saad K. Doss, Glen Adam Garfunkel, Edward Hin Pong Lee, Chie Ching Poon, Neil Leslie Robertson, Andrew Ching Tam
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Granted: Mar 25, 2003 Filed: Sep 14, 2000
Inventors
Saad K. Doss
Glen Adam Garfunkel
Edward Hin Pong Lee
Chie Ching Poon
Neil Leslie Robertson
Andrew Ching Tam
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,538,857
App. No.
09/662,247
Filed
2000-09-14
Granted
2003-03-25
Kind
B1